Spring Snow

“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened.”  -Rachel Cohn

It's the one thing that we can predict with Colorado's unpredictable weather- spring snow. Usually in March, sometimes in April, and occasionally in May.

Yesterday a mini blizzard stopped our Mondays. The sky was heavy, dense with snow clouds. In the morning, the grass and leaves had been whispered to by frost. It snowed lightly, but had stopped by 11. And by 1, a little bizzard had set in. Thick flakes fell, and sports were cancelled, and every kid was thinking of the joys a possible snow day would bring.
 
Tennis was cancelled (this season has been put to hault because of the snow). We had a quick meeting, and then I ran out to my car. By the time I got there, in less than two minutes time, I was wet and covered in flakes.

 
I could sit here and lament about how much I hate the snow, and how I wish it was warm out so I could wear cute sandals and not have to dress in layers, and we could play tennis without matches being cancelled and how I just want summer. But summer will be here soon, and will last. Winter, with snow, however, is not as common. Sometimes we get lots of snow, other years we get hardly any (like this year). So while the spring snow is here, possibly the last bit of snow we will see until October or November, I'll just grin and bare it. Because snow is one of the prettiest things ever. It's whim, lightness, and power.
 
And of course, the snow gave me the chance to reminisce of my favorite day in the whole wide world that is 253 days away;)

I love anything that gives me a chance to listen to my favorite kind of music

And drink out of one of my Christmas mugs;)

And only 24 hours later... the snow is gone. A short lived reminder to find the happiness that the holiday season brings. (but it supposed to maybe snow again tonight;))

The scariest place in the world when it snows... near Mack's house. It looks like the path just drops off and world ends

xo
Hannah

PS- to my wonderful commenters "Genevieve" and "Patty", the birthday post for 'that dime of a girl, Riley' will be up sooner or later. I mean, I could post something quick and generic, but I think I need adequate time to sum up the best birthday wishes for her, she's got a pretty big personality! So I mean, I guess if you want the easy one, it can be up in less than a minute, but I'll leave the decision up to you

Enjoying the Small Things

This week (month really) has been absolutely insane. But that's just how April goes. So a few side effects of the craziness are slacking off on blog posts, whoops! One day, I'll get a lot better at this, but for now, my job as a student takes full priority over blogging. Grades matter!

So in lieu of H5FF, I think it's time to take a moment and enjoy the small things from this crazy, insane week!

It rained, making it appropriate raincoat and Hunter wellies weather! Doesn't everyone make their mom take this kind of picture so they can send it to their friend? #noshame

Just a Monday night twerk sesh with the little sis

Post bun hair makes me happy:) but let's also take a moment to talk about how dang long my hair is getting!

A very interesting example of rhetoric

and again. #noshame

The perfect snow day German pancake

I came upstairs to find the cat choking because my brother tied her up. Typical stuff here

Sweet! A free fancy razor for my birthday?! Don't mind if I do!

The usual tennis antics

Jedi, I love you.

Hopefully life will calm down so I can get back into the swing of everything (hahaha who am I kidding, that won't happen till summer). A month and half till I am FREE!

xo
Hannah

Ooo and it's alright

Today is one of those days where I feel like I've been extremely successful, because of all I've got accomplished and how well each thing has gone.

I went to school for my first two classes, physics and anatomy, and left and was at another nearby high school by 11 for CHSAA, a choir competition.

There, we scored straight 1s, which means we were superior in all categories! We sounded SO good, I am so proud of our choir:)

After that, I went straight to my tennis match, where I changed in the park bathroom and was able to sit for about half an hour and unwind. Then I went and won my match, which is probably the best feeling in the world.

Mackenzie and I there had a long conversation about how we spend so much money on food, and how ridiculous it's getting to be. We then proceeded to go to Taco Bell and get Baja Blast Freezes. But there (and in the park parking lot) we had the longest, greatest discussion about what we want with our lives, and what we hope for, and how we share a lot of similarities (like we didn't already know that;))

Now, I am home, getting all my homework done and out of the way. I just know tomorrow I am going to do great on my math and Euro test- positive thinking leads to positive results right?

And please, just listen to this song. It's the best ever. It's all Mack and I plan to listen to tomorrow.

xo
Hannah

Liar Liar

Liar liar Hannah's pants are on fire. 

I lied.

Today, I didn't catch up on my blogging. again. Whoops. Instead, I slept until 11. I was producitve and did a TON of AP Euro, some math, and Lang, but also enjoyed watching The Hannah Montana Movie, Mermaids, White Chicks, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off with Olivia. It was so nice, I love just wearing my pjs all day.

So all my blogging will be put off until another day, sorry folks. If you're interested in reading something good, I suggest hitting up one or two of my favorite blogs. Might I recommend The Life of Bon, Enjoying the Small Things, or From My Grey Desk? Hope your day was just as perfect as mine!

xo
Hannah

BOOM BABY

FINALLY. FINALLY. FINALLY!

Tomorrow is the day I have been wishing, praying, and hoping for since Saturday. A SNOW DAY. In April. Can I get a what what?

This little winter storm is basically the best thing ever. What's the craziest is that there's not even any snow on the ground yet, but school's been cancelled. And today was one of my favorite kind of days- warm, but grey and cloudy.

Yep, today was almost a beautiful 70 degrees, and tomorrow will be 23 degrees. How does that even happen? Only in Colorado haha....

Oh well, I will be sleeping in, watching movies, and catching up on AP Euro and blogging. I am perfectly content right now, life is good.

xo
Hannah

PS- prepare for a prom/birthday vomit tomorrow!

A Night To Remember

Prom. The quintessential high school event, the one all the girls cannot wait for and the boys don't look quite as forward to.

Well it's tonight. And I am beyond excited. I went to bed last night at 11, trying my best to go to sleep, and I was up at 6:40. I forced myself back to sleep until 8 but I couldn't wait any longer. The birds are chirping, the sky is blue, and we are READY!!!!

This song will be resonating throughout my head all day;) I can't wait to see my school break out into this kind of dance tonight haha. If only high school was really like High School Musical!

xo
Hannah

PS- I know prom isn't the end all be all of high school, but I'm just so dang excited!

PPS- Happy birthday to the one and only RILEY, aka my Valiant Grape Juice! I love you! (and I assure you, you will get your own special post, as you are one of my most loyal readers:))

Hahaha Ri with redhead bob. What the heck is going on behind us?

Full Speed Ahead

Wanna know what I hate most about going back after spring break? Well obviously, I hate the fact that we have to go back to the land of no sleep and lots of homework, but the worst thing of all is it's APRIL. Do you know what April means when you're a high school junior?

Summer is coming. Fast.

Which is a GREAT thing! But it's bad because this is what it also means:

PROM! -this Saturday! I'm so so soooo excited!
SATs and ACTs- because we love taking 4 hour tests
AP tests- again because we love to take hard, 4 hour tests
Finals- what is it with adults loving to give us tests?
Tennis matches- my favorite! When it's warm, and I don't have a lot of homework is ideal
Gold Award everything- because that needs to happen now
Banquets/end of the year stuff- yayyyy you did it! Now here's a certificate

And a whole bunch of other things that I can't think of right now. The amount of projects, tests, essays, and other work teachers cram in at the end of the year drives me into stress mode. I am so ready to be done, and to relax, and to vacation. But first things first. So as life gets crazier and more intense, posts may be more sporadic. Because it's 12:09am. And blogging is the last thing on my mind. The goal is just to get homework done ASAP and then shut my eyes for as long as possible!


So here's to late nights, high stress levels, lots of work, and an approaching summer. Time to buckle down for full speed ahead.

xo
Hannah

"Begin with the end in mind"
Summer. is. so. close.

First picture of summer, 2012. What will this year's be?